Ironing wax-pad.



N0. 898,180. PATENTED SEPT. 8,1908.

E. A. BROMUND. IRONING WAX PAD. APPLICATION FILED DEO.16, 1907. 2 4. 2.

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IRONING WAX-PAD Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1907.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 406,614.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNsT A. BROMUND, 'a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing Wax-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pads for waxing smoothing-irons in laundry work,and the objects of my invention are to insure a uniform distribution ofwax upon the surface of the iron; to prevent waste of wax, and also toprovide a waxing pad that will avoid any danger from fire by its use.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a base, a cake of wax, aborder-strip for the Wax, a cover of fabric, and a binding mat orcollar.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan with the cover and binding matorcollar removed, Fig. 2 is a plan with the cover and binding mat orcollar attached. Fig. 3 is a cross section in larger size on the line w,as, of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the device showing a slightmodification in the binder.

a is a base of cardboard or other suitable material. This base may be ofany desired shape, but I prefer and have shown the same as rectangular.

Z) is a cake of wax which I prefer to make of a shape correspondinggenerally to the smoothing surface of an ordinary iron, but it may besquare, round or of any shape desired.

0 is a border strip surrounding the edges of the cake of wax; thisborder may be of any suitable material, but I prefer to make it ofcomparatively thin cardboard.

d is a cover of fabic, preferably rendered fireproof, and e is a bindingmat or collar of any suitable material, but I prefer to use cardboard ofthe same, or about the same thickness and outline as the base a.

In making up the improved ironing wax pad, I first cut the base a of thedesired size and shape; I then place in the center of the base the cakeof wax b of the size and shape desired; the border strip 0 is thenplaced around the cake of wax b, and the fabric covering (Z is laid overthe same; this fabric covering is preferably large enough to extend toor nearly to the edges of the base a on all sides, although this is notnecessary, as it may extend only a comparatively short distance from theborder strip 0 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, in which case thecollar or mat a may be narrow as shown in said figure. The binding mator collar e is provided with an opening corresponding with the shape ofthe cake of wax andlarge enough to allow the mat or collar to pass overthe cake of wax after the border strip 0, and fabric covering (1 havebeen put in place, but of a snug fit so that when the mat or collar 6 isapplied the fabric cover 61 will be drawn tight and smooth upon theupper surface of the wax cake b and around the border strip 0. The mator collar 6 is pressed down evenly upon the base a andis secured theretoby glue or in any suitable manner.

I prefer that the cover (Z be of fireproof ma terial, and I usually.make use of a cover of linen or muslin which has been saturated in abath of phosphate of ammonium dissolved in water, which I find rendersthe linen or muslin uninfiammable. I also find that the wax is renderedmore serviceable by mixing with it a little phosphate of ammonium, and Iprepare the same by dissolving phosphate of ammonium in water, about onepound to the gallon, and mixing it with melted bees wax in about theproportion of one per cent. of phosphate of ammonium.

The border strip 0 is preferably set at an -inclination so that the waxcake is narrower across the upper surface and said border strip preventsthe Wax flowing when a hot iron is placed upon the pad, and it alsoretains the shape of the pad, and thus all of the wax is available foruse without waste.

I claim as my invention:

1. An ironing wax pad consisting of a flat base, a cake of wax ofsmaller area than the base, a border strip around the edge of the waxand separate therefrom, a fabric cover and a mat by means of which thewax, its separate border strip and the fabric cover are held to thebase.

2. An ironing wax pad consisting of a flat base, a cake of wax ofsmaller area than the base, a border strip around the edge of the waxand separate therefrom, a fabric cover for the cake of wax and borderstrip, and a flat sheet of material having an opening therein throughwhich the cake of wax proj ects and forming a collar or mat which liesflat upon the upper surface of the base and between which and the basethe fabric cover is held thus securing the cake of wax and its separateborder strip in position.

3. An ironing wax pad consisting of a flat base, a cake of wax ofsmaller area than the base and having inclined sides, a border strip forthewax separate therefrom and set at an inclination to conform to theinclined sides of the cake of Wax, a fabric cover for the cake of waxand border strip, and a flat sheet of material having an opening thereinthrough which the cakeof wax projects and forming a collar or mat whichlies flat upon the upper surface of the base and between which and thebase the fabric cover is held and by which means the cake of wax and itsseparate border strip are held in position.

4. An ironing wax pad consisting of a fiat base, a cake of wax, a borderstrip for the wax separate therefrom, a piece of fabric covering the waxcake and its separate border strip, and a mat by means of which thecover is drawn down smooth and tight over and around the cake of wax andits separate border strip and held to the base between the same and themat and said mat being secured to the base by glue.

5. An ironing wax pad consisting of a flat base, a cake of wax, a borderstrip for the wax separate therefrom, a cover composed of a fabricsaturated with phosphate of ammonium, and a mat by means of which thesaid cover is drawn and held smoothly and tightly upon and around thecake of wax and its separate border strip and secured to the base.

Signed by me this 11th day of November 1907.

E. A. BROMU ND.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, E. ZACHARIASEN.

